RUSH: It's embarrassing, folks. You talk about conspicuous consumption and a display of it. I mean, it's all part of the performances at the White House series, and it's supposed to be cultural enrichment, but what it is is Obama jamming it down everybody's throats. We've got a country in decay, we have a dying country, and there's the president partying down.

RUSH: Apparently major league rosters -- they've done research out there -- and they have found only 7.7% of major league players are African-American. Of course, this is the anniversary year of Jackie Robinson breaking down the race barrier. So they're all wringing their hands over this, and launching an investigation to try to figure out why young African-Americans don't want to go play baseball.

RUSH: Do you think Jay Rockefeller's really gonna go out there and give ammo to the Republicans? No, he's not doing that. They're setting it up for single payer. They're trying to accelerate the public demand for simplicity.